X-Plane 12 - Full Flight & ILS Approach - Cessna 172 Steam Gauge & Autopilot - KOFK ILS 02

Quick Hints:
Set Directional Gyro to match Magnetic Compass!
Always set Directional Gyro Heading Bug to your desired course when tracking heading, VOR/ILS, or GPS courses with Autopilot!

This is a feature!!! ;-)

Time Stamps:
00:15 - Two Hints
02:02 - Intro/Plan
06:18 - Set NAV Frequencies in G530
09:07 - Takeoff
11:22 - Autopilot Heading (HDG) and Vertical Speed (VS) Setup
12:00 - Mixture Tweaking (not pertinent to this video really)
13:40 - Autopilot VS Adjustment
15:18 - Autopilot Level-Off and Altitude Hold (ALT)
18:15 - VOR Tracking with Autopilot (NAV) & HDG Bug
23:00 - GPS Approach Set Up G530
25:17 - G530 CDI Swap to GPS & BK Makes HDG Bug Mistake!
27:05 - Swapping VLOC Frequency in G530 to the Localizer
27:54 - G530 Map Range (zoom) Adjustment
29:55 - Approaching OLU Initial Approach Fix
34:27 - 90% of Aviating is THIS...
34:48 - BK Tells a Story of Almost Dying in a Helicopter
39:03 - Slowing Down and Preparing for ILS 02 KOFK
40:19 - Another Disclaimer
40:48 - Intercepting Final Approach Course
41:26 - Descending with Autopilot (VS)
41:45 - Switch CDI to VLOC (auto) & Autopilot Approach Mode (APR)
43:13 - Another Disclaimer IFR in General for BK
45:00 - Level Off & Getting Behind oof!
45:37 - Autopilot Glideslope Intercept (ALT/GS)
46:20 - XP12 NAV Database Explanation
47:05 - Approaching Final Approach Fix (FAF) Autopilot Takes Glideslope
49:43 - Disabling Autopilot? LOL
50:51 - Autopilot Override and Landing
51:42 - Conclusion

Description:
X-Plane 12 - Early Access
Full ILS (instrument) Approach
KOFK - ILS 02
Cessna 172 Garmin - Steam Gauges
Autopilot & Garmin G530 - S-TEC

Ok so BK used some wrong terminology early on, hopefully caught it all and fixed it. Pretty sure that is a Directional Gyro that BK is referring to as the Compass Card and later HSI. There are some differences between the three, but at this point BK has forgotten the details.

Looks like the NAV database for this approach is expired. The approach plate clearly does not match what the game has embedded. Think there are some 3rd party products that fix this, though BK hasn't researched them yet. This ILS into Carl Stefan Memorial Airport, Norfolk, NE is close enough that the chart still gives a good reference. YMMV.

This video is by no means perfect, but it gives a decent intro to using the Steam Gauge Cessna 172 and the included autopilot. This is BK's favorite aircraft configuration to date in XP-12.

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[NilesRogoff]

If you click NAV again it turns on a second light labeled "GPSS" and then it will follow the GPS correctly, without having to change the bug

[SanchoPanza-wgxf]

I greatly enjoyed this video from beginning to end. I'm an amateur who's been toying with X-Plane in its various releases for some 20 years. You're a class act.

[andreasnachtigall]

Great video, thanks!
To turn off the Autopilot completely you must press the red Button on the (top)left side off the yoke (They change it in the last version in X-Plane 11)

[writersbrock]

so i just started playing x-plane 11 after having uninstalled due to being intomidated with navigating… I finally got enough courage to try a flight and hoooly moly i realize now why i need rudder pedals, that aside i managed to take off and trim the airplane with my mouse and joystick, that was fun… and i just clicked gps and somehow got the plane to start flying in a straight line towards my waypoints. The whole flight was weebly wobbly and then the aircraft kept trying to take over when i kept trying to correct my heading and couldnt figure out how to turn off the auto pilot lol😂. Anyways this video is answering a lot of questions i have, especially abt the heading bug thing. Thank you!

[RBEmerson]

Thanks for the interesting flight, the chance to hear you think, and we'll never tell your mom about the R-22 excitement. EMS helicopter pilot? Good on ya!

[FrustratedFisher]

Great vid you can turn off the Garmin 430 on the bottom with the avionics master switch it's a split switch

[evanm]

I really dread flying these but its a must for commercial flight school. The systems are so bad you have to constantly bug the heading select when out of GNSS. Also pro tip when in ALT hold mode you can bug up the Vertical Speed knob to raise your altitude by 100 feet per knob turn.

[coalpocketpier]

so i gotta say that was Awesome and will help me greatlly

[TheFlyingZulu]

I don't see much of a difference between x-plane 11 and 12. Have you used both and do you think it's worth it to upgrade? At 41:28 the CDI auto switched from GPS to NAV mode... that's cool, but don't count on that happening in real life. lol. Watching this to see how APR mode is used in an autopilot like this... Some suggestions if you don't mind; I was taught to only put in 10 degrees of flaps when you are one dot above glide slope 44:35 and, I think, you could have stayed at 5k feet and only started the descent when the glide slope needle was centered.

[pgreenx]

41:51 isn’t the GS supposed to come on the AP when you hit approach assuming you locked on tot he localiser?
I either can’t get the GS or if I do and for one reason or another when I turn APPR off then back on during final the GS goes away

[MrRules]

Where do you get the panel you are using on the Cessna 172? I want to add the Garmin 430 & 530 to my 172 sp panel but can't figure out how to do it. I am using the desktop Air Manager 4.2.11 on a Windows touchscreen computer.

[craigmelvin]

Thanks for a great tutorial. I no longer fly for real due to age. i flew VFR in a C182. Now I have a descent sim setup. How did you display the approach plate in the upper left corner of the screen?
Thanks for the tip on pressing the D key for compass alignment.

[transparentaluminum]

I know you did this video some time ago. I've been using MSFS2020 for a couple years, using it now to practice for my upcoming IPC and I'm considering switching to X-Plane due to the common opinions that it's better for this type of practice. I've developed some workarounds for the bugs that make IFR practice annoying in MSFS and at first glance X-Plane appears to have fewer annoyances or maybe is generally more easy to manage. There is one thing I noticed that has me questioning if a switch of sims is worth it...

1. I noticed that you didn't dial the final course of 014° into the VOR1 heading indicator but the heading needle remained centered. That seems like a defect.

Absent that one thing, it looks like a good idea for me to try X-Plane. Any advice you or others who see this comment have is greatly appreciated. In all reality I will probably eventually get X-Plane and compare both sims directly some point.

[AnoNym-zity]

You have to click the nav button 2 times to set it to GPS mode.

[madcityobserver]

To video presenter Brett Koski: Sir, from which vendor did you buy this X=Plane 12 addon?

[pfv]

Can you place the flight plan in the attachment, then I can fly this flight?

[azcharlie]

One thing I hate about that autopilot is, you can't set it up to just track the heading bug and adjust the pitch manually. If you do it disengages the autopilot. Personally, I'd never have an STECH without altitude preselect. That autopilot will kill you if you're not paying attention. As you climb and lose performance, it will keep adding pitch until the plane stalls, which leaves you in a trim up stall to the left. A recipe for a spin.

[NYCRONFX]

How did you get your 172 to look like that?